I'm glad yours finally arrived! If you are interested in posting about it after you've used it, I'd be interested to hear what you think. (I do most of my writing on my laptop.... but have been thinking about ways to avoid distractions, too.)

I had never heard of these! And now I want one....

Hence the tired "paid protesters!" line, I bet. "No one would *volunteer* to show up and defend strangers in their community! NO ONE"

There was a comment I saw earlier that observed the atomization inherent in driving certain folks to join these terrorizing forces was showing others what community can do, and reading your comment, I also think this emerging solidarity terrifies those would-be terrorizers.

Last month I tried using sourdough starter instead of active dry yeast to make Icelandic brown bread and it worked wonderfully.

I have only been making sourdough for a little bit but I have been wondering about attempting this!

Awesome! Nobel peace be with you, Jen.

I've been trying to figure out why I don't like using it and I think you've both articulated it better than I can.

Hey can you award me a Novel Peace Prize too? After that I'm going to try to get a Stanley Cup.

"No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to ... fry."

This is beautiful and amazing. I think it turned out wonderfully!

Also: when we are so bogged down in the endless grind of "getting through the week" I think not having time to make things for fun is such a huge loss.

Thanks Robin!